Wednesday, 27 January 2010
MEDIA ALERT – VITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE
Ovarian Cancer Australia Launches Awareness Month - February
2010
An initiative of Ovarian Cancer Australia
“Every woman needs to know the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
Don’t leave it until the 11th Hour!”
Launch Event
Date:
Monday 1 February 2010
Time:
9.30 - 10.30 am - Media call from 9am
Venue:
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
VIPs:
Senator The Hon Stephen Conroy -
Minister for Broadband, Communications
& Digital Economy
Ms Paula Benson
-
Director of Ovarian Cancer Australia and ovarian cancer
survivor
Ms Jean Kittson - Ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2010
Simon Lee - Chairman of Ovarian Cancer Australia
Debbie Lee - Ovarian Cancer Survivor
On February 1 Ovarian Cancer Australia will launch Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2010
to help save lives by raising awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer as well as raising
vital funds to provide support for those touched by ovarian cancer.
Every 11 hours an Australian woman will die from ovarian cancer. A Pap test does not
detect the disease. There is no early detection test and while ovarian cancer is often
considered a silent killer,
scientific evidence shows that many women DO experience
symptoms that if acted on, could result in an earlier diagnosis and a better chance of beating
the disease.
Awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms is vital for every Australian woman of any
age because every day ovarian cancer affects someone’s partner, someone’s sister,
someone’s daughter or someone’s mother.
Paula Benson, Director of Ovarian Cancer Australia said, “During Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month, our message to every Australian woman is clear: Don’t leave learning the
symptoms of ovarian cancer until the 11th Hour!”
The Hon Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital
Economy, will launch Ovarian Cancer Australia’s new ‘Family & Friends’ program. The
Minister’s wife, Paula Benson, is an ovarian cancer survivor and a Director of Ovarian
Cancer Australia.
The event will bring together patients and survivors and their families and friends as well as
GPs and gynaecological oncologists to help raise awareness of the disease and help
generate vital funds for programmes that support women diagnosed with the disease, and
their families.
Interview and photo opportunities include:
VIP’s listed above
Ovarian Cancer Survivors
Medical experts on ovarian cancer and current treatments
For more information contact Insight Communications: 02 9319 3844, 0414 821957 or
clare@insightcommunications.net.au
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